Best Davids Louisiana Red Beans And Rice Recipes

LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Put dry beans in a large soup pot or a large bowl; cover in water and soak for 8 hours, or overnight. Water should come up about 2 inches over the beans.
• When ready to cook, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large dutch oven or a heavy pot set over medium heat.
• Add the sausage slices to the heated oil and cook until browned on both sides. Stir frequently.
• Remove sausage from pot and set them aside.
• Add butter to the pot and melt.
• Stir in the onions and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until starting to soften.
• Add celery and bell peppers; continue to cook for 4 minutes. Add a little more butter, if needed.
• Stir in garlic and cook for 15 seconds.
• Season with salt, oregano, thyme, paprika, cayenne, and black pepper; continue to cook for 1 more minute.
• Pour in vegetable broth and stir, scraping up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Drain the soaked beans and rinse; add the beans to the pot, and previously prepared andouille sausage.
• Add bay leaves.
• Increase heat to High and bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 1-½ to 2 hours, or until beans are soft and tender. Start checking for doneness around the 1-½ hour mark by mashing or squeezing the beans between your fingers. The skin should be a bit resistant to pressure, but the interior should be the consistency and appearance of baked potato.
• When beans are cooked through, remove the bay leaves from the pot and discard.
• Remove 1 cup of beans to a bowl; mash the beans with the back of the fork, and then return to the pot; stir.
• If mixture is too thick, add up to 1 cup water.
• Taste for salt and seasonings, and adjust accordingly.
• Stir in parsley and green onions and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve over cooked rice.

LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• 1.Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. 2.Cook sausage, stirring constantly until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. 3.Add remaining ingredients, and water if necessary to thin out mixture. 4.Simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 5.Serve over cooked rice. Note: For food safety, cook turkey to a minimum internal temperature of 165° as measured by a meat thermometer.

DAVID'S LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• 1. This recipe to me is best when using dry red kidney beans. Yes you can use canned but then the finished dish tastes of tin. SOOO, the night before you're going to make your Red Beans & Rice soak your dry beans in a larger container and make sure you rinse the beans first and remove any stems and such, then fill container with water so there is twice the water to/bean ratio. The next day you will have very little water as the beans have soaked it up. The water will have a reddish color to it, rinse in a colander under cold water and set beans aside.
• 2. Chop all of your meat and aromatics (onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic) just get it all ready for the cooking/browning process. I don't brown the ham hocks if you use them or my ham bone. The purpose of either of these is added flavor and some meat added as well. Also the added wonderful bone marrow adds so much to this dish. You can use whatever meat you want with this dish. I like the mix and each meat brings different levels and depth of flavor to the finished dish. If you want use the sausage. I've written this recipe to how I prefer to make it.
• 3. Brown your meat first by putting about 2 tablespoons of oil in the skillet and bring to a med/high heat. When it's hot enough you will see "dimples" in the oil. Brown all meat as evenly as you can. Do not over stir this. You are wanting the meat to actually get browned. This is very important to the flavor of this dish.
• 4. Next take the pot that you're going to make your final red beans in and make your roux. You want a medium color roux for this like a light brown in color, not as dark as you would make for gumbo. Once the roux is ready add your aromatics and cook until tender. About 5 minutes
• 5. When the aromatics are done add the browned meat to the mix and continue to cook another 5 minutes.
• 6. Add your beans to the mix and enough chicken stock to cover the mixture by about 1 - 2 inches. This is where i add the ham bone or ham hocks
• 7. Add all of your seasonings including the bay leaves and stir, bring to a simmer, lower heat to low and cover. Watch your heat as it can become too hot covered and you will have to put the heat to low. Check and stir from the bottom of the post every 10-15 minutes for an hour. You want a finished thick consistency not watery.
• 8. Make your rice. You want enough rice for each person to have 1/2 cup per serving.
• 9. Place about 1/2 cup of rice in the middle of a bowl and then ladle 1-1/2 cups of red beans and meat over the top. Garnish with chopped green onions or fresh parsley
• 10. Of course if you want you can always shortcut this and get a package mix of red beans and rice but I promise it's not near the same. But if you do pick one that doesn't have a TON of salt. Most do (I like Zatarain's products but they are way too salty. So to do this just follow the directions on the package and add your favorite meat.
• 11. Ah leftovers! This is one of the best dishes as leftovers. It gets better everytime you reheat it. Make sure you add water to the red beans/meat as it heats up. You will need to watch the texture for how much water or stock to add.

AUTHENTIC, NO SHORTCUTS, LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place the beans and water into a slow cooker. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage in the skillet; remove from the skillet with a slotted spoon and transfer to the slow cooker. Reserve drippings. Add onion, green pepper, jalapeno pepper and garlic to the drippings; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer everything from the skillet to the slow cooker.
• Season the mixture with pepper and Creole seasoning. Add the fresh basil leaves and ham hock. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender. If the bean mixture seems too watery, take the lid off the slow cooker and set heat to High to cook until they reach a creamy texture.

LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place the dried beans in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Soak the beans overnight in the refrigerator.
• Drain the beans and put them in a large heavy pot with the ham hocks, adding just enough cold water to cover (about 2 quarts). Add the onion, celery, green pepper, cayenne, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, garlic, green onions, and several shakes of red pepper sauce; give everything a good stir to combine. Simmer, uncovered, until the beans are tender and starting to thicken, about 21/2 hours. You want the beans to be almost overcooked, like they are getting ready to burst. Stir the beans occasionally to prevent scorching on the bottom of the pot. Add about 1 cup of water toward the end of cooking if the mixture appears too thick or dry.
• Mash about 1 cup of the cooked beans against the side of the pot with a wooden spoon, this makes the broth thick and creamy. Toss in the sausages and cook for another 30 minutes to heat them through. Adjust the seasoning, if needed. Serve the red beans in a wide bowl over some steamed white rice and garnished with chopped green onion.

AUTHENTIC LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Rinse beans, and then soak in a large pot of water overnight.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onion, bell pepper, garlic, and celery in olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Rinse beans, and transfer to a large pot with 6 cups water. Stir cooked vegetables into beans. Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme, sage, parsley, and Cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Stir sausage into beans, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the rice. In a saucepan, briong water and rice to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve beans over steamed white rice.

LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• In a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 11 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables are tender, 3-4 hours. , Stir before serving. Remove bay leaf. Serve with green onions and rice. Freeze option: Discard bay leaf and freeze cooled bean mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary. Serve as directed.